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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Long standing problem of booting thu kvm switch
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:01:19
Message-Id: 38EE7FA1-9804-48A3-BF10-CCECC371BE34@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Long standing problem of booting thu kvm switch by Harry Putnam
1 On 17/12/2010, at 1:41am, Harry Putnam wrote:
2
3 > Somewhere back down the road... mnths now, I lost the ability to talk
4 > to the boot screen from my KVM connected keyboard.
5 >
6 > What I mean is, when gentoo starts to boot and reaches the grub
7 > screen... It does not see my keyboard yet.
8 >
9 > Once booted and login prompt is up (I boot to console mode) the
10 > keyboard now is recognized.
11 >
12 > There was a time when the keyboard was recognized throughout, so
13 > something changed in grub or I'm not sure what... but this happens
14 > before the kernel is booted.
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16
17 I'll refresh your memory:
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19 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/190909
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21 There are unresolved posts in that thread - you haven't returned to the list and said "yeah, I tried this and the result was ____".
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23 Please post back when you have checked the BIOS settings for HID devices.
24
25 Stroller.

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